Former volunteer Pine Forest High School coach Paul Lavell Jones pleaded no contest to felony battery and providing liquor to a person younger than 21.

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Rhema Thompson

A former volunteer Pine Forest High School coach accused of buying a student alcohol and then abusing him last year will learn his fate on Feb. 14.

Sentencing had been set today for Paul Lavell Jones, but Circuit Judge J. Scott Duncan pushed back the date because a pre-sentence investigation report that was due on Jan. 3 was not received until Jan. 8.

"No one's really had any time to review, make any corrections, anything like that," Duncan said. ...